In addition to creating awarerness and calling for donations, the SMS Angel service also emphasizes transperency and giving feedback to donors on how donations have been utilized.

Ensuring that participating charities can track donations made towards their causes and that donors are informed of how their donations are used are cornerstones of our service.

About

Charities in Nigeria have a tough time raising funds through donations from the general public. The challenge does not stem from an uncharitable culture. On the contrary, studies demonstrate that Nigerians are generally willing givers. However, the difficulty faced by charities is channelling this culture into a steady flow of donations appears to stem from the lack of a convenient and easily accessible medium for the public to make their donations.SMS Angels was conceived in response to difficulties faced by its founder in making charitable donations.

SMS Angels is a fund raising vehicle for charities and NGOs operating in Nigeria. We utilize widely available access to SMS technology to collect charitable donations from the Nigerian public which are then disbursed to organisations they choose to support.

SMS Angels:

Will be accessible to a greater proportion of Nigeria’s population.

Will be available across most of the country, even in places where there is no Internet access and banks are unavailable or difficult to get to.

Is designed to emphasise accountability to the donating public.

Will be available at all times to anyone with a working mobile phone.

Will be specifically designed for collecting small individual donations.

SERVICES

SMS Angels is an SMS based charity fundraising service for Nigeria. We recruit charities to the service and solicit donations on their behalf.

For donors, we provide regular feedback and implement measures to enforce prudent usage of donations.